Registration

Registration Priorities

Effective Fall 2014, California Community Colleges were required to adopt new registration priorities. Registration times are assigned based on academic standing, completed degree-applicable units, completion of matriculation, and other factors in the following order:

LEVEL 1: College students (excluding K-12 students)

— Criteria for LEVEL 1 »

Have not been on academic or progress probation for their last two consecutive primary terms

Completed all matriculation step by the deadline

Completed less than 100 units (basic skills units are not counted in this total)

Have a qualifying educational goal of:

Obtain an Associate Degree and transfer

Obtain an Associate Degree without transfer

Transfer to a 4-year institution without a degree

Obtain a vocational degree without transfer

Discover career interests and plans

Prepare for a new career

Advance in current job

Improve basic skills.

Undecided( with less than 15 units and 3 term completed)

Pre-Assigned Priority Groups

Freshman Advantage

Continuing

New/Returning

LEVEL 2: Emeritus Students (excluding K-12 students)

LEVEL 3: Low Priority (excluding K-12 students)

— Criteria for LEVEL 3 »

Completed 100 or more degree applicable units

Been placed on academic probation

Been placed on progress probation

Declared educational goal of:

Personal development

Maintaining license or certificate

Completing credits for HS Diploma or GED

4-year student taking courses to meet 4 year requirements

Not completed all the matriculation steps/requirements by the Freshman Registration deadline or have been exempted from completed matriculation. Examples of exemptions include students who have already earned an associate degree or higher, or are currently attending a 4-year university.

LEVEL 4: Concurrently Enrolled High School Students

Appeal Process for Priority & CA College Promise Grant

Students are required to submit only one appeal for both the Loss of Enrollment Priority and the Loss of California College Promise Grant. Students may appeal only under the following circumstances…

Students with disabilities who applied for reasonable accommodations, but did not receive those accommodations in a timely manner.

Students who have made significant academic improvement where they meet the minimum grade point average (2.00 or higher) and/or progress standard (completed more than 50% of all units enrolled) to be removed from academic or progress probation.

Students who have experienced extenuating circumstance (documented cases of accident, illness, or other circumstanced beyond the student control)

Eligibility Requirement for Registration Priority Only:

Students who have exceeded 100 degree applicable units, but has not completed their declared program due to pursuing a high unit major

Eligibility for the California College Promise Grant only:

Special consideration as a student receiving services from one or more of the following programs:

CalWorks

DSPS

EOPS

Veteran

Foster Youth

Student has not enrolled at Saddleback College or Irvine Valley College for two consecutive semesters since becoming ineligible for the California College Promise Grant.

Student was unable to obtain essential support services. A written statement of support from that support service must be submitted.